# Student.com funding: rounds and investors

> Student.com has raised $70M across 2 rounds since 2016. Investors include Vy Capital, CITIC Capital Holdings and Expa. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/student-com (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Arab Emirates · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Student.com*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Proptech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$70M** raised across 2 rounds since 2016, from 3 sources

**$60M** Round **$10M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $10M Dec 2018
- **Biggest round:** $60M Round · Nov 2016
- **Investors:** 7 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2017 2018

**$60M** Round

**$10M** Series C

- **First round:** Round, $60M
- **Biggest round:** $60M
- **Between rounds:** 2.2 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2018** Series C **$10M** *1 new* [CITIC Capital Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citic-capital) Reported by FinSMEs and 1 other
- **Nov 2016** Round **$60M** *6 new* [Vy Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vy-capital) Lead [Expa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expa) Chrysi Philalithes (Chrysi Philalithes) Daniel Ek (Daniel Ek) Horizons Ventures (Bart Swanson) Hugo Barra (Hugo Barra) Source recorded

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Round** 2016 **Series C** 2018 [Vy Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vy-capital) L [CITIC Capital Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citic-capital) [Expa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expa) Chrysi Philalithes (Chrysi Philalithes) Daniel Ek (Daniel Ek) Horizons Ventures (Bart Swanson) Hugo Barra (Hugo Barra)

## Everyone who backed them

[Vy Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vy-capital) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[CITIC Capital Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citic-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Expa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expa) VC firm **1** round

Chrysi Philalithes (Chrysi Philalithes) no record of our own yet **1** round

Daniel Ek (Daniel Ek) no record of our own yet **1** round

Horizons Ventures (Bart Swanson) no record of our own yet **1** round

Hugo Barra (Hugo Barra) no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=student-com).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Student.com as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[The Dot Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-dot-group) Company Per its own site

## Quick answers about Student.com

### Who invested in Student.com?

Student.com's investors include Vy Capital, CITIC Capital Holdings, Expa, Chrysi Philalithes (Chrysi Philalithes) and Daniel Ek (Daniel Ek), and 2 more on record.

### How much has Student.com raised?

Student.com has raised $70M across 2 rounds since 2016.

### When did Student.com last raise?

Student.com's most recent round was a Series C of $10M in Dec 2018.

### What was Student.com's biggest round?

Student.com's largest round on record is $60M, in Nov 2016, led by Vy Capital.

### Who backed Student.com first?

Student.com's first round on record, in Nov 2016, was backed by Vy Capital, Expa and Chrysi Philalithes (Chrysi Philalithes) and 3 others.

### What stage is Student.com at?

Student.com's latest named round is a Series C, in Dec 2018.

### Where is Student.com based?

Student.com is based in the United Arab Emirates.

### Who led Student.com's rounds?

Vy Capital led the funding round in 2016.

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